OR Registered Nurse (44012)

Who We Are:

Platinum Dermatology Partners is a network of high-quality dermatology clinics that focus on collaborative and innovative ideas to drive growth. We offer general dermatology, cosmetic, medical, plastic surgery, and cancer screening treatments. We have over 145 clinics, over 350 providers, and more than 2300 employees in clinics across Texas, Arizona, California, Nevada, and Florida. We are a rapidly growing company that allows our doctors to focus on providing exceptional care without worrying about the operational side of the business. Our core values focus on collaboration, ownership, respect, excellence, authenticity, and integrity. Our purpose is to empower the practice of exceptional dermatology.

Company Conformance Statements:

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties, all employees are expected to conform to the following:

• Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
• Interact professionally with other employees, customers, and suppliers.
• Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
• Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.

OR/PREOP REGISTERED NURSE - FULL-TIME

JOB SUMMARY: This individual is responsible for treating and educating patients and providing support and care to patients and their family members throughout their surgical procedure. As a preop educator, this individual will record patients' medical histories and symptoms, and participate in the patient's assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation in preparation for surgical procedures. This position is also responsible for teaching patients and their families how to manage their post-treatment home care needs. As an RN in the operating room, this individual will provide nursing care to the patient throughout the procedure. Responsibilities include preoperative care, intraoperative monitoring, administering treatment and medications, operating medical equipment, circulating and assisting the surgical team, and recovering the patient after the procedure. All duties are performed to maintain the patient’s physiological processes in a safe, comfortable, and effective environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Preoperative Care:

• Interviews patient/family for pertinent health information and verifies and prepares patient for the planned procedure.
• Collects health history, orders all required lab work, and preop medications, ensures necessary paperwork is present, and organizes and prepares charts and consents before procedure.
• Completes necessary preoperative teaching to patient and family.
• Responsible for making sure due payments are collected at the end of the preop appointment.

Intraoperative Care:

• Preparing surgical suite.
• Preparing equipment for surgical cases.
• Starting IV and giving IV sedation.
• Monitoring patient during surgery (EKG, BP, HR, RR SPO2)
• Circulate or scrub and assist the surgeon.

Postoperative Care:

• Recovery of patient.
• Postop teaching of patient and family.
• Discharge of patient from Recovery Room.
• Dressing changes.
• Suture removal.
• Assist MD as needed.

Other duties:

• Maintain supply room.
• Maintenance of surgical equipment.
• Sterilizing supplies.
• Inventory and restocking OR, RR, exam rooms, crash cart,